Afghanistan is about 1.5 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 49% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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